THE ATHENAEUMThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah EquianoOlaudah Equiano
History
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textOlaudah Equiano’s autobiography, published in London in 1789, tells of being taken from Igboland as a child, of slavery in the Americas and at sea, and of buying his own freedom. It became a bestseller and one of the key books of the campaign against the slave trade. Some historians have questioned where he was born; no one has questioned the force of the book.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 5 hr 30 min
- Where to find it
- The African Reading Room
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #15399. In the public domain in the United States.